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Article: PACQUIAO DOMINATES:Oscar de la Hoya loses by TKO in 8th round
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- The Manila Times
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- December 8, 2008
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LAS VEGAS: Manny Pacquiao battered Oscar de la Hoya for eight straight rounds in a stunning stoppage that may have spelled the end of the career of arguably the sport's most popular fighter.
In a masterly display of speed and power, Pacquiao won every round with his blinding power punches to the body and the head, before 15,000 spectators at the MGM Grand here on Saturday (Sunday in the Philippines).
Richie "Magnum" Mepranum made it a double victory for the Philippines as he outclassed Cesar Lopez of El Paso, Texas, in an undercard flyweight fight of the Pacquiao-de la Hoya "Dream Match."
President Gloria Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro separately congratulated Pacquiao, calling ...